Improvement in eyes for hames



G. J. Lmcnwomn.

y EYEsFoR' EAMES. No 187 650 Pare-mea Feb.zo,1a77. v

N PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPH WASHINGTUNy DV C @TNTTED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE J. LETGHWORTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN EYES FOR HAMES.

Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 187.650, datedFebruary 20, 1877; application iled October 2, 1876.

To albwhom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. LETCH- WORTH, of Buffalo, in the county ofErie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Hames, which im4 provement is fully set forth in the. followingspecification and accompanying drawing, in which-f Figure 1 is avertical section of hames having my improvement applied thereto, andFig. 2 is a detached view of the three-barred link or eye.

A is the wooden portion of the hame, which may be of any usual orapproved form or construction. B is a metal hand, or strap, or lining,secured to the wooden part by means of rivets a or otherwise. This strapextends below or beyond the lower end of the wood, and forms a loop, b,as is customary in hames of the ordinary construction. The link O has`three bars-one at each end and one at or near the center, as shown atcc1 c2, the central bar c1 being clasped by the loop b of the haine ironor lining B. rIhe leather hamestrap D is passed around the lower bar c2of each link, and it will be seen from an inspection of Fig. l that thebar c engages with the inner face of the hame, in such manner that theeye or link is made to serve as a practically rigid extension of thehaine.

'One of the advantages incident to my iny vention is its extremecheapness, it being apparent that the cost of this leye or link is muchless than would be the expense of forming an equivalent extension in oneand the same piece with the metal band or strap B, and it is alsoevident that in ease my link should be broken, it will cost much less toreplace it than it would cost to supply an entire new strap or lining B.

This improvement is equally applicable to iron llames, as they can be socast as to receive the links at their lower ends.

I am aware that three-barred buckles have been used for various purposesin and about harness; but I believe that I am the first to employ athree-barred link in combination with the lower end of a hame, under thear rangement which I have shown-that is to say, having the central barc1 pivoted to the hame in such manner that when the hamestrap D is inthe position shown in the drawing, the upper bar c shall rest againstthe inner face of the hame, and the lower or youter bar c2 shall bethrown downward or outward beyond aline which would be formed or shownby a prolongation of" the curve or outline of the hame or hame-lining,and form a practically rigid extension of the haine.

I have found that, in practice, such a rigid extension at an angle tothe hame proper is very desirable.

What I claim is- The combination, with' a hame, of a threebarred linkattached to the lower end of the hame by its central bar c1, adapted to.form an angular extension of the hame, when the hame-strap is applied tothe lower bar c2 of the link, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE J. LETCHWORTH.

' Witnesses:

JN0. W. DANFORTH, JN0. P. RISING.

